Jane Herlihy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1263572 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Herlihy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Herlihy |
| SIGNATURE | HERLIHY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | London Clinic |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8600-0236 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘I must have been confused.’ Thinking about thinking in refugee status decision-making
Refugee status adjudicators often rely on the assumption that people understand and can explain their own mental processes (Evans Cameron et al., Citation2024a). This scoping review looks at metacognition (thinking about thinking) and the extent to which cognitive processes are available to conscious awareness and/or control. PsychInfo (Ovid), Scopus, and ProQuest databases were searched for articles published since 2016: 7885 articles were ident…
Psychological research evidence in refugee status determination
This paper presents evidence that refugee status decision makers make assumptions about how humans think and act that are contrary to decades of scientific evidence about human behaviour and cognition (e.g. memory, risk assessment) – including studies and reviews of studies specifically focused on the RSD context. This evidence is not made available to decision makers. In contrast, decision makers regularly benefit from systems and procedures pro…
What Assumptions about Human Behaviour Underlie Asylum Judgments
In order to claim recognition as a refugee, individuals must give a ‘plausible’ account of persecution. Decision makers must then decide on the truthfulness of the account, and whether the person fits the legal definition of a refugee. Decision makers often have little corroborating evidence, and must make an assessment of credibility, largely a subjective response, involving a reliance on assumptions about human behaviour, judgements, attitudes,…
Refugees' Experiences of Home Office Interviews
Decisions on refugee status rely heavily on judgments about how individuals present themselves and their histories. Late or non-disclosure of sensitive personal information, for example, may be assumed to be a result of fabrication by the asylum claimant. However, if incorrect, such assumptions can lead to genuine refugees in need of protection being refused asylum. A study employing semi-structured interviews with 27 refugees and asylum-seekers …
The Psychology of Seeking Protection
Claims for asylum entail many complex psychological interactions. The claimant presents his or her claim, interviews are conducted, appeals heard and decisions made. In other areas of law, civil or criminal law, for example, there is a wealth of studies exploring the interface with psychology and examining the processes at work in legal proceedings. However, to date, very little of this has been applied to refugee law. This article reviews areas …
Refugees' Experiences of Home Office Interviews
Decisions on refugee status rely heavily on judgments about how individuals present themselves and their histories. Late or non-disclosure of sensitive personal information, for example, may be assumed to be a result of fabrication by the asylum claimant. However, if incorrect, such assumptions can lead to genuine refugees in need of protection being refused asylum. A study employing semi-structured interviews with 27 refugees and asylum-seekers …
The Psychology of Seeking Protection
Claims for asylum entail many complex psychological interactions. The claimant presents his or her claim, interviews are conducted, appeals heard and decisions made. In other areas of law, civil or criminal law, for example, there is a wealth of studies exploring the interface with psychology and examining the processes at work in legal proceedings. However, to date, very little of this has been applied to refugee law. This article reviews areas …
What Assumptions about Human Behaviour Underlie Asylum Judgments
In order to claim recognition as a refugee, individuals must give a ‘plausible’ account of persecution. Decision makers must then decide on the truthfulness of the account, and whether the person fits the legal definition of a refugee. Decision makers often have little corroborating evidence, and must make an assessment of credibility, largely a subjective response, involving a reliance on assumptions about human behaviour, judgements, attitudes,…
Refugees' Experiences of Home Office Interviews
Decisions on refugee status rely heavily on judgments about how individuals present themselves and their histories. Late or non-disclosure of sensitive personal information, for example, may be assumed to be a result of fabrication by the asylum claimant. However, if incorrect, such assumptions can lead to genuine refugees in need of protection being refused asylum. A study employing semi-structured interviews with 27 refugees and asylum-seekers …
Psychological research evidence in refugee status determination
This paper presents evidence that refugee status decision makers make assumptions about how humans think and act that are contrary to decades of scientific evidence about human behaviour and cognition (e.g. memory, risk assessment) – including studies and reviews of studies specifically focused on the RSD context. This evidence is not made available to decision makers. In contrast, decision makers regularly benefit from systems and procedures pro…
‘I must have been confused.’ Thinking about thinking in refugee status decision-making
Refugee status adjudicators often rely on the assumption that people understand and can explain their own mental processes (Evans Cameron et al., Citation2024a). This scoping review looks at metacognition (thinking about thinking) and the extent to which cognitive processes are available to conscious awareness and/or control. PsychInfo (Ovid), Scopus, and ProQuest databases were searched for articles published since 2016: 7885 articles were ident…
Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (2 works) · Law (2 works)